Call-in show: How northern Michigan is talking about climate change

Thirty years ago, global warming became front page news in the United States. That was when a NASA scientist first told the U.S. Senate that carbon pollution was warming the earth. In this call-in hour, we discuss how we’re doing communicating on the issue in northern Michigan today, and how we can do better at this divisive time.

Plus we talk about how people in northern Michigan are taking action.

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A call-in hour discussing how people in northern Michigan are talking about climate change.

Our guests are two local leaders on issues of climate change and clean energy. Elizabeth Dell is the Great Lakes Regional Co-Coordinator of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby. Jim MacInnes is the CEO of Crystal Mountain and a clean energy advocate.

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